The World: A Former Friend

When Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 war, no
one was more outspokenly friendly toward the occupiers than Sheik
Kamal Kanj. A leader of the Druse, an esoteric sect that broke away
from Islam in the 11th century, and a former member of the Syrian
Parliament, Kanj had Israel's Deputy Premier Yigal Allon as an
overnight guest in his home in the village of Majdal Shams. Defense
Minister Moshe Dayan once dined with Kanj in the village. Kanj was so
intent on maintaining good relations with Israel that when younger...